Apache 2.0 could be tweaked like this to incorporate what Facebook is trying to do. They really should do it - it's an oversight and does not do enough to squash the patent trolls. Facebook is doing the right thing for the industry, even if the wording needs help. Apache Legal might forget what these licenses are for in a misguided quest for purity.
3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Saturday July 22, 2017 @07:27PM (#54859525)
This language and concept of preventing or punishing possibly justifiable legal action in a license for an open programming framework is beyond misguided, it's downright dangerous and could set a terrible precedent.
BSD+Patents should have never been created in the first place.
Bad Move, Apache (Score:3)
Apache 2.0 could be tweaked like this to incorporate what Facebook is trying to do. They really should do it - it's an oversight and does not do enough to squash the patent trolls. Facebook is doing the right thing for the industry, even if the wording needs help. Apache Legal might forget what these licenses are for in a misguided quest for purity.
3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
Re:Bad Move, Apache (Score:1)
This language and concept of preventing or punishing possibly justifiable legal action in a license for an open programming framework is beyond misguided, it's downright dangerous and could set a terrible precedent.
BSD+Patents should have never been created in the first place.